一个在稠人广众中成长起来的作家，虽然可以摆脱孤苦寂寥，但是他的作品却会流于平庸。

　　For he does his work alone, and if he is a good enough writer, he must face eternity or the lack of it each day.

　　而一个在孤寂中写作的作家，如果他又恰非等闲之辈，那他就必须面对永恒或者面对缺乏永恒的每一天。

　　For a true writer, each book should be a new beginning where he tries again for something that is beyond attainment.

　　对于一个真正的作家来说，每一本书都应该成为他继续努力获得更高成就的新起点。

　　He should always try for something that has never been done or that others have tried and failed.

　　他应该不断尝试去做那些从来没有人做过或者他人做过却失败了的事。

　　Then sometimes, with good luck, he will succeed.

　　这样他就有可能获得成功。

　　How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well written.

　　若果仅仅是将已经写好的作品换另一种方法来重新诠释，那么文学创作就显得太轻而易举了。

　　It is because we have had such great writers in the past that a writer is driven far out past where he can go, out to where no one can help him.

　　过去曾经有过太伟大的作家以至于现在一个普通作家常常被他们逼人的光芒驱赶到远离他可能到达的境界，而陷于孤立无援的境地。

　　I have spoken too long for a writer. A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it.

　　作为一个作家，我已经讲得太多了。作家应该把他要说的话写下来，而不是说出来。